Today we are talking about romance novels full of summer fun so grab an ice coffe or some gellato and remember to put on sunscreen. Tell me where do you wish to spend your vacation and I will gladly recomend the perfect book for you.

When talking with us about this post and how unfamiliar we were with the topic, Beth said, “Okay, we can start from the beginning.” And she does. Spanning from the late 1800s to the present, here are 6 plays that focus on women’s stories—and all perfect for beginners. Many thanks to Beth for sharing her knowledge of theatre with us and guiding us into this magnificent world of drama.

Not sure how it happened, but the holiday season is upon us, so we asked Natalie Nelson, illustrator of The King of the Birds to choose some of her favorite picture books by women. These books are perfect for the little readers on your list—but who are we kidding, we’d love to have these on our shelves as well.

For the next post about book recommendations from around the world, we travel to India, a country with a rich literary tradition in dozens of languages, regions, and cultures. With such a wide range of literature to choose from, it's easy to feel at a loss to where to start. We asked Resh, the brilliant mind behind The Book Satchel instagram account, to reccomend some books by Indian women writers.

If you listen to the podcast, you know that we often speculate about which books published in the U.K. make it to the U.S. and why. Well, we're finally getting some insight to this question from someone who actually lives and reads across the pond. Claire Handscombe is a British writer and host of the Brit Lit Podcast, a fortnightly show of news and views from British books and publishing. Thanks, Claire, for sharing these great recs with us!

Many thanks to our friend Agata for writing this post about Eastern European women in translation for #WITMonth. Agata is a hippie at heart, happy to live out of her suitcase as long as she has her ukulele and a good book on hand. Born in Poland, she found a new home in Estonia. She is a book blogger over at aquedita.eu.